SA researchers warn of delayed danger in children with COVID-19 - KSAT San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – A new study that UT Health San Antonio researchers are participating in is providing some new details about the inflammatory condition associated with children who get COVID-19.

Alvaro Moreira, a neonatologist at UT Health San Antonio, said what was previously thought about MIS-C has changed dramatically in the months since it first showed up in New York in March.

One more thing researchers at UT Health San Antonio are concerned about is an unusual surprise they find among the children who test positive for COVID-19

Some of them are also testing positive for other viruses, like influenza, at the same time, meaning the children have two viruses at the same time

“If coronavirus in and of itself can be this deadly or this severe, and you compound that with something that’s like influenza, it’s worrisome,” Moreira said

For a more detailed look at the new information regarding children and COVID-19 from UT Health San Antonio and the National Institutes of Health, click here